Twenty Twelve and Bad Boy Olympian: TV picks

TV preview: Olympic-themed comedy Twenty Twelve wraps up just in time for the real Games, while Olympic Judo hopeful Ashley McKenzie gets to grips with his ADHD in Bad Boy Olympian.

Comedy Twenty Twelve hopefully won’t have any bearing on the actual Games which kick off this weekend (Picture: BBC)

Twenty Twelve, BBC2, 10pm

This witty, take-no-prisoners satire ends with Hugh Bonneville and his Deliverance team preparing to hand over to the Live team (God help them). But there’s still room for last-minute initiatives – Aled Jones being roped into a bell-ringing event called The Big Bong, for example – and disasters. If the Opening Ceremony fireworks end up being virtual rather than actual, you’ll know why.

Bad Boy Olympian, BBC3, 9pm

Ashley McKenzie gets some no nonsense training from an ex-Olympian to deal with his ADHD (Picture: BBC3)

The bad boy of this typically BBC3-ish title is Ashley McKenzie, a successful young judo fighter whose chances of being in Team GB were nearly scuppered because of his severe ADHD. This film shows McKenzie being trained by a disciplined, no-nonsense ex-Olympian to ensure he no longer shows the kind of misconduct that has thus far seen him banned from the British judo squad four times.

Jon Richardson: A Little Bit OCD, C4, 10pmComedian Jon Richardson has spoken about his OCD before, in newspapers and his book It’s Not Me, It’s You. Now he brings the subject to the screen as he tries to figure out what OCD is and how some of the 1million other sufferers in Britain cope with it on a day-to-day basis. Friends and former flatmates – including fellow comic Russell Howard – also pop up to describe what Richardson is like to be around.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, C5, 9pm

Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue and the gang investigate the murder of a man gunned down in a casino at point-blank range – trouble is, their main suspect is one of three identical triplets. What are the chances?

The Angel,Sky1, 8pm

Total Wipeout’s Amanda Byram provides light relief on new game show The Angel (Picture: Sky1)

The Angel in question is entrepreneur John Caudwell, a canny businessman who made his billions from mobile phones. In this showbizzy hybrid of Dragons’ Den and The Apprentice, he’s giving away £100,000 per episode to the competitor he believes offers the most sound investment opportunity, which he’ll judge through a series of tasks. Total Wipeout’s Amanda Byram provides the light relief as host.

Film choice: Batman Forever, ITV2, 10pm

After two dark, family-unfriendly instalments, studio bosses were relieved to see the back of director Tim Burton in favour of box-office pleaser Joel Schumacher. Batfans were less enthused. Cartoonish, colourful and camp, this multiplex entertainment is over-crammed with the likes of Tommy Lee Jones’s Two-Face, Jim Carrey’s Riddler and Nicole Kidman’s psychiatrist, all bleating for attention while Val Kilmer pouts in his sole outing as the Caped Crusader.